by Doug Millen The most advanced RC Helicopter I have built to date Building helicopters is fast becoming my main addiction (like I need another). It has been one of the hardest and most challenging things I have done in my life. Building and flying helicopters in the mountains is no easy task. Every trip […]
According to VTRANS, a rock slide has closed a lane on Route 5A in Westmore, Vt.
VTRANS says they may close the road to remove the large rocks from the roadway.
By Courtney Ley It was dawn. Admittedly, there was some anxiety. I was well aware I was alone. The winds blew crystallized snow in my face at a high rate of speed, accompanied by the occasional gust with enough force to move my body. It was freezing. Gearing up felt like it took hours […]
The clock counted down and I headed up the easy ice into the rock section, accompanied by Blondie blaring from the AV system. I made the second clip. I used my hands, as I had during my preview, to get over the bulge and onto the slab– although I had a hard time trusting the handholds that I could not feel with frozen fingers. I clipped again. I heard people cheering my name, heard a frantic cowbell, and I moved upwards, shaking out and trying to breathe into my hands to warm them.
“The Sum of Its Parts” (4000′ Alaska Grade V AI6 M7 A2) was completed on April 17, 2012.
“Heavy Mettle” (4,600′, Alaska Grade V WI5+R M6 A0) was completed on April 26, 2012
I was able to shoot in the shadow of my favorite mountains yesterday and channeled my inner Brad Washburn. I put up a special gallery on my site from yesterday. These mountains will always continue to inspire me.
Last week when the British alpinist Jonathan Griffith linked, solo, in winter, in a day, the North Faces of Aiguille Verte, Les Courtes and Les Droites, down climbing two of the faces and skiing off the backside of the third and final climb, most people skipped the news. His linkage made the website, but on a reader-interest of one to 10, it was a snoozing three. On-line video reposts of falls (spectacular ones, I’ll give them that), a new hard boulder problem and other assorted reports, none of which will go down in the books as especially memorable or important, were more popular.
It was Easter weekend and what better way to spend it than with our friends at Harvard Cabin! Packed in a sizable sled, the latest and greatest flying machine and it’s components were headed up the trail Friday night, ready (or not!) for the job ahead. The weather and snow conditions were superb for climbing […]
“Even from the base, Whiteman Falls is an intimidating line: a cone of crazy aerated bobbles of ice the consistency of styrofoam (if you’re lucky) leads the way up to a cave on the left below a crazy mushroom that looks like one of the monsters from Calvin’s Imagination as he daydreams of being Spaceman Spiff. From there, an often hollow tube of a pillar leads to further overhangs that guard the exit.”
Peter Doucette & Michael Wejchert refusing to give up winter! “ The alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. “UNNGH!!!!” Staggering downstairs, I pushed aside empty PBR cans and groped for the french press. The high school themed party (I never thought I’d dress like a guidance counselor before) was a rollicking success. While I wisely stayed […]
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